HomeMy WebLinkAboutBudget/Finance Committee Minutes 04.19.2000MEMBERS PRE SENT:
OTHERS PRESENT:
MINUTES
BUDGET/FINANCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 19, 2000 7:00 P.M.
DPW OFFICE
Chairman Bud Johnson
Ken Olson
Chuck Rodgers
Gary Temple
Gay Easton
Mark Mace
Mary Embleton
The chairman opened the meeting with a follow-up discussion on Street Lighting District #2 and
#3. Montana Power completed the initial engineering and cost estimate work, and Bud
suggested hiring an engineer to complete the rest of the work so as not to burden city staff Larry
and Mary met with Joe yesterday to begin setting up timetables. Motion by Gary, seconded by
Gay to develop a proposal and proceed with the project. Gay suggested contacting Hardin to
find out what all the process entails as they just completed a new lighting district. Motion
passed.
The committee met to discuss preliminary budgets for the following funds:
Mill Levy_: Mary went through the top half of the calculation worksheets sent by Norm Klein.
The bottom half cannot be completed until the mill values are sent out by the Department of
Revenue. The city did receive word from the Department of Revenue that the SB 184 tax
reimbursement will be $47,344.
General Fund Revenue: Mary used the figures from the mill levy worksheets to figure the tax
revenues for the General Fund and estimated the remainder.
S1D #110: There is a decrease in assessments due to the payoff of one SID.
PERS, Comp Insurance, Police Health Insurance, Employee Health Insurance: Mary explained
that these special revenue funds were designed to give relief to the General Fund by removing
these expenses out of General to the special revenue funds. However, this was not done.
Instead, the costs were recorded in the General Fund and the money collected by the insurance
funds was transferred to the General to offset. Therefore, none of the special insurance funds can
fully support the insurance costs as they were designed to do. Mary outlined her proposal to
charge as much of the insurance costs directly to the special funds as possible.
Mayor: Proposed a $1,000 wage increase and may consider hiring some clerical help. The
Mayor also brought up the City Hall building issue.
Council: Move the Section 125 program to the clerk-treasurer budget and check into continuing
with microfilming documents in light of the new Laser Fiche system.
Elections: Reduced because this is not an election year.
Civil Defense and Board of Adjustment: No change.
Air Pollution Control: Increased by $300.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. The next workshop will meet on Thursday, April 20th at 7:00
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
M~K.~bletonc~~Tx'''~
Clerk-Treasurer